no secret handshake necessary.

I work in a windowless office. When I'm not here, I take a lot of photographs. Those two facts may or may not be related.

Cameras:
Leica M6/M9 + Zeiss Biogon 35/2
Hasselblad 500c/m + Zeiss Planar CF T* 80/2.8
Pentax 6x7 + SMC Takumar 105/2.4
Nikon FE + Nikkor 50/1.8
Pentax Spotmatic + Super Takumar 50/1.4
Contax T2
Yashica Mat 124
Minolta Hi-Matic 7S
Lomo LC-A
Holga 120

I live in Brooklyn, NY. I sometimes think about moving to Berlin. I used to shoot 99% of the time with film. Now that I have a Leica M9, there's a bit more digital in my life, but I don't plan on abandoning film anytime soon.

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I can be reached at ruinista [at] gmail [dot] com.

my portfolio.

you can buy some of my darkroom prints over here.

my photo-a-day tumblr.

interview over at serious eats.

another interview at great food photos.

featured on daydream lily.

indeed, that was probably awkward, though now sadly defunct.

my food photos.